2. as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
3. if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
4. coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
5. You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Yeshua the Messiah.
6. Because it is contained in Scripture,“Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious:He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”